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VOLUME 63. BELLEFONTE, PA. THI 1944
1
Bellefonte Lieutenant Weds
0 County Men Wounded,
2 Seriously:
Pvt. Paul R. Me Pine Glen, Seriously
Wounded in Be m. Seaman Taylor
Suffers Burns of I. Ay Hands.
At the cl Oi wapl i!
Warld Wi 1 asunlty 1 {
yesied Y
wounds
the vari
missing in
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Mr. ang}
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guim on Octobe
word received
ents
Pvt. Mezker enters
December 1
tralnibg at Ca
ang] Camp Car
mon
where lu
toy. Prior ¢
was empio
Company in Si
He | |
Was saving &
} entering |
veel
PVT. PAUL R. MEEKER
Wounded In Belgium
an Missing
’
SEAMAN RICHARD TAYLOR
Wounded Aboard Ship
PYT. CHARLES R. DICKSON
Wounded In France
Tavior Wounded
Seaman
= TWO SENTENCED ~~ XMAS SAVIRGS
IN CAR THEFTS
Grand Jury
on J Duties; 7 True Bills
compieting
bridge M Returned
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duly in t
His wif
treet brides
r Knisely
the same day
Talo Run
the "Rom
t Bishop
tore
aving the Key
cal ie returned a half-hour
LT. WILLIAM R. CONFER ler the ¢ gone. The machin
Wounded In France (Continged on Page Eight)
Valles
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LT. DONALD C, IMMEL
Wounded In France
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UNDS INCREASE -
Completes County Banks to Distrib-
ute $136,900; Total S117,-
050 in 1943
5 URL
g
$65.000 to distribute y
with 860.000 In 19043
pian stribution
mined on "Fig Eight)
ompared
All the banks di
o
“ot Local Man Killed In |
me Ammunition Explosion
Put
ville 0
tilled In act)
from
Leroy of Cole
last week was
nin France in a
the War Department u
James Walters
diced as the result
was learned In a
aington
The letter. received last Wednes-
day by Mr. Walters stated that Pvt
Fritz died in France on November
5 as the result of injuries incurred
in the
ammunition dump
ed
| The message stated that unfor-
tunately reports of this nature cone
taln only the briefest details as they
are prepared under battle conditions
and the means of transmission are
limited. It disclosed tat {ff more In.
formation Is received Mr Walters
will be notified at once
The young man lived in Centre
county about six years until being
called for service In October, 1942
At that time he lived at the Wal-
ters home and was fruployed by Mr
{Walters as a helper in his draying
and trucking business, His father,
Bamuel, living in Reading, a brother
and three sisters survive
reps ree
tole
(ram
friend
ville
it
Ole
of Injuries
letter from
of ¢
accidental explosion of an |
his friend learn |
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arettes, Butter, Hams,
New Furniture to
be Sold
KIWANIS CLUB
SPONSORS S
Music, Talks Veteran
Airmen Listed on
(\ig
SALE
by
Program
possibly
ched
ale al
at
held
pation in
paign
and cig-
and mattresses
ypes, clothing
chold articles
nd new, will
a iY
studi
hous
1 be sold
is being pre-
The American
Mis
present
Kiwal
several
oloist
bw
Epa
One of them is Lt. Edward Muli-
maki, of Quincy, Mass, who was
on bombing missions over France
Austria, Germany, Roumania, and
Jugosiavia before his plane was shot
down on a raid over the Ploesti oil
fields. He was taken in by peasants
and later was sent to a prison camg
sn Pape Hn
Aged Man Found
After Night In Rain ©
niisued
YOR
ried
exposure
lant
bak
HERE DECEMBER 14
Will Parade to Diamond;
Candy and Gift Tickets
for Children
nace io
1 in Beliciont
December
for the parade were ar
by
aa
nounced thi Natha
Krauss, caairman of the tall Diy
sion Bossart DeHa chalr-
mar Activities Commies of
the local Chamber of Commerce. The
parade will mark the opening o
Christmas season in this locality
Continued on Page Eight)
week
and J
af the
Pleasant Gap Man
Missing in Action
afternoon Mr
Peter Rose, of Pleas
ant Gap, received a War De-
partment telegram notifying
them their son, Cpl. John Rose,
with the Marines, is missing In
action
Cpl. Rose enlisted In the Ma-
rines on November 4 1941, and
received training at Parris Is-
land, 8. C.., New River, N. C.,
and Dundin, Florida, He then
was assigned to foreign service
In September 1042, he wrole
that 40 was with an amphibian
tank detachment in the Cuad.
pleanal area, and was a tank
driver
Yesterday's message did nol
add where he was stationed at
the time he became meng in
action,
Pvt, Rose is a graduate of the
Bellefonte High School, class of
1940. and was a star. second,
baseman on the Pleasant Cap’
tem at the time of Gis enlist.
ment.
Late yesteiday
and Mrs
the
Lieutenrod and Mr.
) TR
Mis
oe api ie. Th
carry
Russell Newlonn Gandy
| formerly
Chaplain F
Ferrying Group
banks
martly
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prayer
wa in
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MILITARY HONORS ~ SCHEDULED HERE “==
Robert Walker Becomes
Major at 21; Richard
to Go to China
H
A CAM Kt?
the five Am
Thes Pre<Pear)
ican theatre inchding
Greenland d l:eiand
where he Yew
supplies ir African an
(Oomtinged on Pape Four)
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Wolf Furniture Store
Rémodeled, Enlarged
The Well Furniture Store in
Bellefonte enters the Christmas sea
son with virtually twice Hs former
floor space as the result of extensive
alterations and additions, Eugene
Beckwith manager, announces
The front entrance was remodeled
and one window vas enlarged to
make it possible to» display all fur-
| niture needed to furnish a complete |
{ room in any home. Additions to the
ln and rearrangement of the'
interior of the older part have ad.
ded greatly to the display space on
| the various floors.
The office, formerly at the rear
of the street floor. has been move
forward to the center,
near the front of we
has been removed
A vastly enlarged third floor has
provided a large room which js be-
ing used as a gift department, Elio-
where space lg now svallable for
the more complete display of othe:
house furnishings.
The Interior of the store has been
almost entirely redecorated.
ribbon '
wate
Harbor
Labrado
Mediter
troops 5
Italia
erican
Are
an
mnean
the
A stairway |
slreet floor |
BOND PREMIERE
“Arsenic And Old Lace”
Features; Admission $25
War Bond Purchase
hed
TT a
prem iet 1 by
! efonte
on
Spall
{ local
1 |
VY Ar Loan
atl ¢ Plaza theatre
ber 1 une
show Bonds
entitie
me from Decem
pre.
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Josephine
other
Ha Lane
Adair
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Ola
08 ally at
the War
will
BNg many
will
other time
premiere
the pre-
Conlinged on Page Seven)
—
Julian Home Is
Lace
an
Bond
onen for
and
ealre
Damaged By Fire sow
Fire bel mve been caused |
circuit damaged the H
ome at
Saturday
leved 1 to fas
\ hort
DD. Lindemuth
11.45 a Mm
The blaze was confined to the rear |
ff the frame house which was be.
ing remodeled and repaired. Wood-
work in the kitchen was seared and
vere was other damage
Neighbors formed a bucket brigade
and used water from a cistern near
ithe home to keep the fire under
control until the arrival of firemen.
Members of the Logan Fire Com-
pany of Bellefonte who went to the
scene used water from hand exe
| Unguishers
—-——
Woman Injured In
Accident aot Titan
Erma Leathers, of Curtin,
“iside of
lcable with
worn with (while the man
book |
{Bir al
not |
Julian about |
On Dark
Telephone Ope
rator Here
ireet
When
Escapes
Car Approaches; Suffers Minor Injuries:
Police Seek Assailant.
Police | Li
of Mis
Hot pital
whistling
began fol
whistiing
anhag
passed 1
tried to drag he
apparently with the
ing her down a
bankment to a level
was the cite
building. A shed
w level area
Dickson grasped he
her hands and held on
struggled with her
warned “If you
upace
of
xaled
Mis:
gusra
me
kill you
he poke
the victis
and three
scream, 13
we only words
eniire
ouring ul
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becaus:
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unable to
“14 MEN 10 ENTE
- SVE THURSD
24 Others From Board
Called for Examina-
tion, Dec. 6
Fourteen men from
ed by Draft Board No. 2 liefonte
have been directed to report for
induction at Harrisburg on Thurs-
day, December 7, board officials an-
nounced yesterday. Two others
the December call volunteered for
immediate induction last month
In addition, Local Board No. 2
listed 24 Centre countians for
pre-induction physical examinations
in Harrisburg on Wednesday, De-
cember 6
Those called for induction on the
7th are
Harry Charles Price, Snow Shoe
| Ernest Dayron Lansberry, Centre
| Hall
Donald Andrew Wion,
Conn. (Bellefonte)
i Yiitiun Edward Condo,
the area serv-
in
Hartford
RD 2
—e. Thomas Plozner, R. D. 1
Bellefonte
| Albert James Ayers, Sandy Ridge
Calvin Hugh Shaw, Snow Shoe
| Ralph Elmer Bartley, R. D
Continued on Pape Four)
9
“,
80th Birthday
Those werpi Cw
PEE Ty
L8-MINUTE POWER
FAILURE IN GOUNTY
War Plants, Industries
Report No Damage From
Interruption
r Inlleg «
as
ALHhOough power
times in the meanwhi
iX-minute period
Local
were al
War Plants
a standstill during ™
ure of power. At Oe
pany. where failure
as much as & hall
danger the large rotary
six-minute interval permit
kilns to be turned durin
1uption and js believed to
ented any serious damage
Montinged on pape Fowr)
AVE
alth
In an effort to brighten the
Christmas season for
war veterans who are confined to
various government
throughout the nation, the American
14400 ahd the 14yR Auxiliary Are
in a plan to make
available to every wounded, wy]
disabled service man and woman
{tons from which distribution
PUBLIC ASKED TO GIVE GIFTS
TO VETERANS IN HOSPITALS
| vided for that purpose in local stores
or may be delivered to Brooks-Doll
Post Home on East Howard street
Through an oversight, the pro.
gram is late In getting under way
in Bellefonte, and consequently the
[time is short. Gifts should be pur-
chased this weekend, If possible, and
in any event not later than next
weekend, for the local Post will be
required to ship all gifts not later
than December 10 to central sta.
in